RM of Sherwood moving ahead with major new development

A major new housing development on the outskirts of Reginacontinues to move forward.

TheRural Municipality of Sherwood has voted to approve a zoning measure that would support development of acommunity that could be home to 14,000.

The proposed site isabout onekilometre south of the Wascana campus ofSIAST.

The developers are proposing to buildtheirown sewage treatment plant.

They are looking for the necessary provincial approvals on that and hope to havepermission in placeby the end of September.

The project, called Wascana Village, was unveiled earlier this summer.

There are plans to build homes, two elementary schools, a high school, a seniors home, three lakes and a toboggan hill.

Ontario-based Great Prairie Development Corp. is the main player behind the project.

If it goes ahead, it will take eight to 13 years to complete.